Hi, I am doing a tutorial 2, for the code below:
return ($news) ? DataObject::get("ArticlePage", "ParentID = $news->ID", "Date DESC", "", $num) : false;
What do the symbol '?' and ':' means? Thanks.
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I think it's called a ternary operator or conditional operator...
Read more about it here (scroll down a bit):
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php
or in this blog post:
http://davidwalsh.name/javascript-shorthand-if-else-examples
Cheers
The :: allows you to use the function of the DataObject class without instantiating an actual object from it.
Thanks guys, tat explain very well!
